202 SJOSTEDTS KILIMANDJABO-MERn EXPEDITION. 8: 7. 



the apical part being much more strongly and closely punctured. Calcaria white; the 

 tibial spines black. $. - - Length 11 mm. 



Kilimamljaro : Kibonoto, 13001900 m. May. 



The tibial spines are long and narrow; the 2nd joint of the flagellum is as long 

 as the following 2 united. The species resembles M. danai, SM. in colouration; that 

 species is smaller, and may be readily separated by the thorax becoming narrowed to- 

 wards the apex. 



Mutilla fortistriolata, sp. nov. 



Black, the mesonotum, except round the edges, dark red, the pubescence on the 

 front and vertex black, on the rest of the head denser and silvery; on the mesonotum 

 black, on the rest of the thorax silvery; on the apex of the 1st abdominal segment, in 

 the centre, is a square spot, on either side of the centre of the 2nd a transverse one, 

 in the centre of the apex a smaller irregular patch, and similar, but larger patches of 

 silvery hair on the centre of the following 3; the dorsal segments bear stiff black hairs; 

 the ventral are densely fringed with silvery hair. Head wider than the thorax, the 

 temples clearly longer than the eyes, roundly projecting beyond them, the occiput trans- 

 verse; the vertex strongly longitudinally striated, the strirc more or less interlacing; the 

 front strongly, irregularly reticulated. Thorax not much longer than the head, not much 

 longer than wide, the base bluntly rounded, the apex transverse, the back strongly, 

 regularly, closely striated, the sides straight, near the base armed above with 2 teeth of 

 which the basal is the larger. Pleurae smooth, except round the edges. Abdomen 

 longish oval, rounded at the base; the 2nd segment longitudinally striated, the strife be- 

 coming weaker towards the apex; pygidium, except at the apex, distinctly striated. Basal 

 2 ventral segments unarmed. Calcaria and tarsal spines black. $. - - Length 11 mm. 



Mem low lands, Ngare na nyuki. January. 



Mutilla qnadriornata, sp. nov. 



Black, the top of the thorax dark red, a spot of silvery pubescence in the centre 

 of the apex of the 1st abdominal segment, one opposite it on the centre of the 2nd, 

 one on eitherside of the centre of the 2nd and a transverse spot on the centre of the 

 3rd and 4th; the pubescence on the top of the head, thorax and abdomen dense and 

 black, on the sides of the head, basal slope of abdomen and on its sides and ventral 

 surface long and white. Thorax narrower than the head, about one half longer than 

 wide, the base rounded, the apex transverse, the sides at the base roundly dilated, 

 beyond which are 2 slight rounded dilatations; the back is strongly longitudinally striated ; 

 the striae are twisted and extend on to the top of the apical slope, below which the 

 latter is neither punctured nor striated. Pleurae smooth, the base with some obscure 

 punctures, the apex with some stout, irregular strife. Abdomen wider than the thorax, 

 its base broadly rounded above, the hairs on the 2nd segment forming strife; the pygi- 

 dium irregularly rugose, its apex finely, closely longitudinally striated. The 1st ventral 

 segment is neither keeled nor toothed. $. - - Length 11 mm. 



